[Two letters sent to the Governors of King's College dated August 4th and 5th, 1767, proposing to establish a medical school at the College.]
Contributors: Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons
Published: 1877
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Medical colleges; Medical Schools; King's College (New York, N.Y.). Faculty of Medicine; Columbia University. Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons; Columbia University
Notes: Photostatic copy in both negative and positive exposures made by the Columbia University Library, May 21, 1942, of the original documents now held by the Columbia University Archives.

August 4, 1767 petition to the King's College Board of Governors signed by Samuel Bard, Samuel Clossy, John Jones, Peter Middleton and James Smith.  August 5, 1767 letter signed by John Van Brugh Tennent. They became the first faculty members of the King's College medical school, later the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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